West Downs
WardSouth west Swale. About 3,360 people in 25 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 88% of people in West Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Downs compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Downs safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Downs at a rate of 81.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 97.7 per 1,000 people across Swale.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Downs.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (91), violence and sexual offences (55) and anti-social behaviour (34).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Swale
These figures are published for the whole of Swale, not for each ward, so they describe all of Swale and not West Downs alone. See Swale
West Downs in brief
West Downs had 2,908 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in West Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Downs, 68.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Downs, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.